London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Orpington 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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| Disease. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 231 | 135 | 193 | 174 | 137 | 127 | 34 | 9 | 6 | — | 2 | — | 1048 |
| Whooping Cough | 29 | 20 | 24 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 205 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 58 |
| Pneumonia | 37 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 4 | 106 |
| Dysentery | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | 42 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 8 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | — | 16 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 90 |
| Paratyphoid | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| TOTALS .. | 322 | 190 | 263 | 225 | 169 | 169 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 28 | 42 | 24 | 1580 |